FIFPRO is calling for mandatory four-week off-season breaks and two-week in-season breaks to safeguard players from the risks of overload following a new study into the fragmented football calendar.
Forward Folarin Balogun will miss the Concacaf Gold Cup because of an ankle injury and was among three players dropped Sunday from a United States roster already without Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie.
Thomas Tuchel has accepted Bayern Munich will be playing against every single fan who wants their Bundesliga dominance to end when they travel to league-leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.